Cloud Imperium Games

Senior Gameplay Engineer - LA

Description

Cloud Imperium Games is seeking a seasoned and accomplished Senior Gameplay Engineer to join our record-breaking crowd-funded game, Star Citizen! This ideal candidate will possess superlative programming skills, and have an aptitude for taking a design vision and making it a reality within a virtual universe.

Responsibilities:

• Engineer code that achieves desired gameplay as specified by game designs.

• A minimum of 3 years’ game programming experience, with at least one shipped AAA title.

• Mathematics skills, including proficiency with trigonometry and linear algebra.

• Experience in the design and implementation of various game systems, including game object management, gameplay scripting, FX, database management, or online networking.

• Speaks “Designer” fluently.

• Experience with code optimization.

• Comfortable contributing to an established engine.

• Able to work in a collaborative environment with a team of highly skilled programmers.

• Self-motivated and self-directing, knowledgeable about and willing to pitch in on many areas of development.

• High comfort level working within, and analyzing and improving, an established code base.

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.• International travel may be required as part of the role.

Pluses:

• Computer science or related degree.

• Expertise working within CryEngine.

• Experience with multithreaded code.

• Knowledge of engineering for online games.

• Experience creating and supporting tools used in game development.

• Experience with multiplayer architecture.

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